The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 8Methuen, 1904 |
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... Roman tragedy put him on his mettle , and there can be little doubt that his massive Sejanus ( 1603 ) conveyed an unavowed challenge . If Julius Caesar , however , greatly stimu- lated tragedy at large , it struck a blight upon the ...
... Roman tragedy put him on his mettle , and there can be little doubt that his massive Sejanus ( 1603 ) conveyed an unavowed challenge . If Julius Caesar , however , greatly stimu- lated tragedy at large , it struck a blight upon the ...
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... Roman plays . The bewildering complexity of the history of Antony and Cleopatra has its counterpart in that play . A like chaos on a smaller scale filled the period inter- vening between Cæsar's death and Philippi , and The 1 Why did ...
... Roman plays . The bewildering complexity of the history of Antony and Cleopatra has its counterpart in that play . A like chaos on a smaller scale filled the period inter- vening between Cæsar's death and Philippi , and The 1 Why did ...
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... Roman multitude , in Plutarch , need little incite- ment to rise upon the slayers of Cæsar . The first act of the conspirators is to take refuge in the Capitol ; when Brutus at last ventures down , and addresses the people , they showed ...
... Roman multitude , in Plutarch , need little incite- ment to rise upon the slayers of Cæsar . The first act of the conspirators is to take refuge in the Capitol ; when Brutus at last ventures down , and addresses the people , they showed ...
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... Roman demos is notoriously coloured by the Elizabethan's genial contempt for the masses . Plutarch's People , as we have seen , were far from being a quantité négligeable to a clever orator . JULIUS CÆSAR ACT I. SCENE I. Rome . A street ...
... Roman demos is notoriously coloured by the Elizabethan's genial contempt for the masses . Plutarch's People , as we have seen , were far from being a quantité négligeable to a clever orator . JULIUS CÆSAR ACT I. SCENE I. Rome . A street ...
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... Romans ' because he had not overcome captains that were strangers , nor barbarous kings , but had destroyed the sons of the noblest man of Rome , whom fortune had overthrown ' ( Shak- speare's Library , iii . 172 ) . 62. sort , class ...
... Romans ' because he had not overcome captains that were strangers , nor barbarous kings , but had destroyed the sons of the noblest man of Rome , whom fortune had overthrown ' ( Shak- speare's Library , iii . 172 ) . 62. sort , class ...
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